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The causes and consequences of workplace bullying and discrimination: results from an exploratory study

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posted on 2023-05-19, 01:18 authored by Buttigieg, DM, Melanie BryantMelanie Bryant, Hanley, G, Liu, J
The intersection of the concepts of discrimination and bullying has generally been under researched. The little research that is available, however, suggests that there may be three possible relationships between these phenomena: first, that bullying and discrimination are caused by identical factors; second, that bullying is a subset of discriminatory behaviour and third, that they are distinctly different. In this paper we analyse data drawn from interviews with men and women working in three industries: manufacturing, retail and hospitality, all of whom report some adverse experience of bullying/discriminatory behaviour. We interpret these interview data as indicating that there are many common determinants of bullying and discrimination, including difference, power and organisational characteristics. Further, the consequences of these two forms of negative behaviour are similar. The paper concludes with some suggestions for future research and calls for common theoretical explanations for these two forms of undesirable behaviour.

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Publication title

Labour & Industry

Volume

22

Issue

1-2

Pagination

117-141

ISSN

2325-5676

Department/School

TSBE

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Australasia

Place of publication

Australia

Rights statement

Copyright 2011 Routledge

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services

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